diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index ba94fbe..cf33e50 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,63 @@
 	return perf_pmu__test();
 }
 
+static int perf_evsel__roundtrip_cache_name_test(void)
+{
+	char name[128];
+	int type, op, err = 0, ret = 0, i, idx;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+        struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new(NULL, NULL);
+
+        if (evlist == NULL)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (type = 0; type < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX; type++) {
+		for (op = 0; op < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX; op++) {
+			/* skip invalid cache type */
+			if (!perf_evsel__is_cache_op_valid(type, op))
+				continue;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX; i++) {
+				__perf_evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(type, op, i,
+									name, sizeof(name));
+				err = parse_events(evlist, name, 0);
+				if (err)
+					ret = err;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	idx = 0;
+	evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	for (type = 0; type < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX; type++) {
+		for (op = 0; op < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX; op++) {
+			/* skip invalid cache type */
+			if (!perf_evsel__is_cache_op_valid(type, op))
+				continue;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX; i++) {
+				__perf_evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(type, op, i,
+									name, sizeof(name));
+				if (evsel->idx != idx)
+					continue;
+
+				++idx;
+
+				if (strcmp(perf_evsel__name(evsel), name)) {
+					pr_debug("%s != %s\n", perf_evsel__name(evsel), name);
+					ret = -1;
+				}
+
+				evsel = perf_evsel__next(evsel);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int __perf_evsel__name_array_test(const char *names[], int nr_names)
 {
 	int i, err;
@@ -1138,6 +1195,10 @@
 	if (err)
 		ret = err;
 
+	err = perf_evsel__roundtrip_cache_name_test();
+	if (err)
+		ret = err;
+
 	return ret;
 }